Gardner Museum extends $10 million reward for stolen art

BOSTON — A massive reward for the art stolen in one of the largest single property thefts in history has been extended.

The museum says it will still offer the $10 million reward, which doubled from its original $5 million last year, just days after it was set to expire.

In March of 1990, thieves disguised as Boston Police officers stole valuable pieces of artwork from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

They stole 13 pieces of art, including Vermeer's "The Concert," Edgar Degas' "Leaving the Paddock," and Rembrandt's "Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee" and "A Lady and a Gentleman in Black."

The art has never been recovered.

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"It's already too late, we should have gotten these paintings back by now, 27 years is too long we are desperate," said Museum security Chief Anthony Amore.

Recently, the FBI turned up pressure on a Connecticut gangster thought to have information on the heist, which he denied. Amore says fresh leads beyond Connecticut have trickled in, but he wants more.

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston said it will consider immunity - depending on the circumstances - for anyone who helps to recover the stolen artwork.

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